• We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

  • We are Men with Hope to Bring

    Called to make God known, loved, and served
    by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.

Education. Parishes. Mission. HCFM. Healing

The Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C) is a Roman Catholic International Religious Congregation composed of two distinct societies of religious Brothers and Priests “bound together in one indivisible brotherhood”. We were Founded in 1837 by Father Basil Moreau, anchored in our Charism as Educators in Faith and our Spirituality: Ave Crux, Spes Unica (Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope) in our ministries of parishes, schools, colleges/ Universities, Holy Cross family ministries, Health Centers and Formation Houses with preferential option to the poor. Educating the Mind and the Heart to give Hope.

Congregation of Holy Cross Province of East Africa.

We are a Family of Priests and Brothers

Our Charism

As Educators in Faith

We teach the Minds and Hearts of all whom we minister to in our different ministries guided by Zeal: the burning desire to make God known, Loved and Served. This is the particular gift that the Holy Spirit gave the Congregation through our founder, Blessed Basile Moreau, in order to build up the Church and to respond to the needs of the world. 

Mind

Seeking Understanding through the integration of faith and reason. they also seek to form the minds of young people in institutions and parish ministry preparing good citizens of the world and kingdom of God.

Heart

Walking side by side with those we minister to discern our personal vocation in service to the church and the world with the zeal to serve, build faith and give  hope.

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Our Spirituality

Ave Crux, Spes Unica "Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope"

The spirituality of our Congregation is written in the spirit of Jesus Christ. That is the motto that Blessed Basil Moreau gave to the Congregation of Holy Cross. The words come from the ancient hymn Vexilla regis prodeunt written by Fortunatus and traditionally sung on Good Friday. They capture well the life and work of both the Congregation and Fr. Moreau. We are men with hope to bring precisely because we know the true power of Christ’s resurrection. We have witnessed how God can transfigure sin and death – what can seem to be most hopeless – into wellsprings of love and new life.

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Brothers and Priests

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Help us Make a Difference

The generosity of our donors enables our priests and brothers to fulfill their mission of being men with hope to bring. We are responsible for providing for our young men in formation, supporting our ministries and attend to the needs of those we minister to. In our response to the preferential option to the poor.

MISSION CENTER

Bring Hope Across Borders

The Holy Cross Mission Center brings the hope of Christ to communities in need around the world. With a presence in 16 countries, they support the poor and vulnerable at our international missions through prayer, education, vocational training, health aid, and so much more. Here in the province of East Africa they have been present with us in most of our ministries.

OUR FORMATION PROGRAM

Vocations and Formation

“Candidates who come to the congregation deserve from us the cultivation of their maturity, faith, generosity, learning and ability to live in community. With them we assess their character and growth as Christians, and we both discern and assist them to discern whether they are disposed and able to move towards joining our congregation.” (C6.61)

News Publications

Our Mission is the Lord’s

Love is a key attribute in Christianity. The love of God is a prevalent concept both in the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Our Lady of Sorrows: Taking Our Side

Our Lady of Sorrows

During my childhood, I encountered and experienced Mary, the Mother of Jesus, through my own mother who is named “Shandha Rani” (which means queen of the evening). She taught us to pray every day, especially the Rosary. Every evening just after the evening bell of the Church, all the members of my family used to...

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Collection of Hymns of Blessed Basile Moreau Published

Faithful Echoes

  GIA Publications in the United States has published a small collection of hymns written by Blessed Basile Moreau, entitled Faithful Echoes: The Hymns of Basil Moreau. The collection, which includes music in both French and English, is the fruit of nearly four years of work by a team of translators and hymn composers, led by Fr....

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Nine Make Their Profession of Vows in East Africa

Final Vows & Ordinations

On July 25, 2013, in Fort Portal, Uganda, nine young men made their profession of vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross. Rev. Thomas J. O’Hara, C.S.C., Superior of the United States Province, presided at the Mass, which was held at the Holy Cross Novitiate at Lake Saaka. All nine newly professed are members of the...

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Seven Profess Final Vows in East Africa

Final Professions

This past weekend, on January 4, at St. Augustine’s Center in Kampala, Uganda, seven members of the District of East Africa made their Profession of Final Vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross. They were:  Rogers Kakeeto, C.S.C., Patrick Mugabo, C.S.C., Agapetus Mukabane, C.S.C., Francis Mukasa, C.S.C., Sebastian Mulinge, C.S.C., John Mwesige, C.S.C., and Alex Okidi, C.S.C....

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Nine Profess First Vows and Nine New Novices Are Received in East Africa

Final Professions

On July 16, 2014, the Congregation of Holy Cross celebrated the First Profession of nine novices at the Holy Cross Novitiate in Fort Portal, Uganda. Their vows were received by Fr. Pat Neary, C.S.C., the Superior of the District of East Africa. Five days later, on July 21, the Novitiate, which is located on picturesque Lake...

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Ordination Class the Largest Ever for the Congregation in East Africa

Ordinations

On Saturday, August 2, six deacons of the Congregation of Holy Cross were ordained priests at St. Augustine’s Institute in Kampala, Uganda. This Ordination Class of six men represents the largest Ordination Class in the history of the Congregation’s District of East Africa, which serves Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The six were ordained by the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, the...

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Following Jesus, the Great One

Coming Events

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